<s>
SmallBASIC	B-Language
is	O
a	O
BASIC	O
programming	O
language	O
dialect	O
with	O
interpreters	B-Application
released	O
as	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
under	O
the	O
GNU	B-License
General	I-License
Public	I-License
License	I-License
version	O
3	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
dialect	O
is	O
described	O
by	O
the	O
authors	O
as	O
a	O
second	O
generation	O
BASIC	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
a	O
lot	O
in	O
common	O
with	O
QBasic	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
SmallBASIC	B-Language
includes	O
trigonometric	O
,	O
matrices	O
and	O
algebra	O
functions	O
,	O
a	O
built	O
in	O
IDE	O
,	O
a	O
string	O
library	O
,	O
system	O
,	O
sound	O
,	O
and	O
graphic	O
commands	O
along	O
with	O
structured	O
programming	O
syntax	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
Small	O
"	O
prefix	O
in	O
the	O
name	O
SmallBASIC	B-Language
reflects	O
the	O
project	O
's	O
original	O
intention	O
of	O
being	O
used	O
with	O
the	O
Palm	B-Application
,	O
a	O
small	O
hand-held	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SmallBASIC	B-Language
was	O
designed	O
for	O
portability	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
C	B-Language
with	O
separate	O
modules	O
containing	O
any	O
code	O
that	O
is	O
unique	O
to	O
a	O
particular	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SmallBASIC	B-Language
is	O
intended	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
same	O
sorts	O
of	O
applications	O
supported	O
by	O
GW-BASIC	B-Language
and	O
QBasic	B-Language
on	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
,	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
drawing	O
Graphic	B-Algorithm
Primitives	I-Algorithm
to	O
the	O
screen	O
,	O
creating	O
sounds	O
,	O
String	O
Manipulation	O
,	O
and	O
displaying	O
text	O
in	O
various	O
fonts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SmallBASIC	B-Language
also	O
adds	O
functions	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
File	O
Save	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
Save	O
As	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
Close	O
File	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
Open	O
File	O
"	O
to	O
the	O
Palm	B-Application
,	O
a	O
device	O
with	O
no	O
native	O
filesystem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SmallBASIC	B-Language
is	O
also	O
intended	O
as	O
a	O
tool	O
for	O
mathematics	O
,	O
with	O
built-in	O
functions	O
for	O
Unit	O
conversion	O
,	O
Algebra	O
,	O
Matrix	B-Architecture
math	I-Architecture
,	O
Trigonometry	O
,	O
Statistics	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
two	O
and	O
three	O
dimensional	O
Equation	B-Application
Graphing	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
SmallBASIC	B-Language
was	O
designed	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
minimal	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
primary	O
platforms	O
supported	O
was	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
,	O
where	O
memory	O
,	O
CPU	O
cycles	O
,	O
and	O
screen	O
space	O
were	O
limited	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SmallBASIC	B-Language
graphics	O
engine	O
could	O
use	O
ASCII	O
graphics	O
(	O
similar	O
to	O
ASCII	O
art	O
)	O
and	O
therefore	O
ran	O
many	O
programs	O
on	O
pure	O
text	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SmallBASIC	B-Language
runs	O
even	O
on	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
wristwatches	O
made	O
by	O
Fossil	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SmallBASIC	B-Language
is	O
available	O
for	O
all	O
POSIX-Compliant	O
operating	O
systems	O
(	O
including	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
UNIX	B-Application
)	O
,	O
DOS/DJGPP	O
,	O
Win32	B-Library
,	O
FLTK	B-Language
,	O
VTOS	O
,	O
Franklin	B-Application
eBookMan	I-Application
,	O
Cygwin/MingW	O
,	O
Helio/VT	O
-OS	O
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
the	O
Nokia	O
N770	O
Internet	O
Tablet.	O
,	O
and	O
on	O
any	O
system	O
that	O
supports	O
SDL	B-Operating_System
,	O
FLTK	B-Language
,	O
SVGALib	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Language
framebuffer	I-Language
,	O
or	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
GUI	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
syntax	O
of	O
SmallBASIC	B-Language
has	O
a	O
lot	O
in	O
common	O
with	O
QBasic	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Line	B-Application
numbers	I-Application
are	O
not	O
required	O
,	O
and	O
statements	O
are	O
terminated	O
by	O
newlines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
example	O
of	O
how	O
SmallBASIC	B-Language
allows	O
to	O
load	O
an	O
image	O
file	O
and	O
display	O
the	O
image	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
External	O
modules	O
can	O
be	O
written	O
in	O
C	B-Language
to	O
extend	O
the	O
functionality	O
provided	O
by	O
SmallBASIC	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
version	O
12.20	O
modules	O
for	O
Raylib	B-Language
,	O
Nuklear	O
and	O
WebSockets	B-Protocol
are	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
a	O
loadable	O
module	O
to	O
access	O
the	O
GPIO	B-Architecture
connector	O
of	O
the	O
Raspberry	B-Operating_System
Pi	I-Operating_System
exists	O
.	O
</s>
